Thread by @mediawhizz

Dear @Ashleyfoxmep: I saw you talking about #Brexit on the BBC's Sunday Politics West Country programme on Sunday morning. I was very surprised to hear you say #citizensrights are all sorted when: 1/ 😯

a) You have not tried to meet us or engage with any of our concerns at any of the hearings in the EP with @BritishInEurope or @The3Million 2/

b) I assume this means you didn't come to the European Parliament citizens' rights hearing in February, when Jane Golding our @britishineurope Chair outlined some of the same concerns that she then repeated in the BBC package on Sunday? 3/

c) If you had you would know our key concern is that 80% of @BritishInEurope are working age or younger and many need free movement for work which means the current Withdrawal Agreement is **pretty lousy** for us 4/

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d) Losing free movement means @britishineurope who are freelancers or who own cross border businesses may need to fill in paperwork and visas after #Brexit which means those who operate on tight deadlines will almost certainly lose out on jobs that come in at short notice. 5/

e) You can read up about what losing FoM would mean for Helen in France, Victoria in Hungary and Dave in Belgium here:

politics.co.uk/comment-analys…

and here:

politics.co.uk/comment-analys… 6/

f) And there are other examples here (we’d be delighted to talk you through them personally):

britishineurope.org/wp-content/upl… 7/

g) Now, as a Conservative I am sure you know only too well what a HUGE bureaucratic nightmare red tape is for small businesses. And I am sure you don’t wish this fate on your worst enemies…..let alone the UK’s 1.2 mn #GlobalBritain ambassadors on the continent? 🧐😱 8/

h) Furthermore, did you know that @DavidDavisMP has STILL not replied to our requests for a meeting? If you didn't, perhaps you could use your position as Head of the Conservatives in the European Parliament to help set one up? 9/
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i) Presumably you would agree that not making the time to meet 1.2 mn of your affected countrymen (many of whom couldn't vote in the EU Ref in 2016) is a pretty shabby way to treat people? 10/

j) Many thanks and I look forward to your response .

ENDS